Of course, Serena receives the invitation for the reception right in front of Blair, and so Blair defaults to blackmailing the dean’s assistant with an antique ceramic cat. When Blair fails to come up with something, she falters and ends up kissing the cheek of the dean. During Blair’s interview, the dean seems completely unenthused and asks her to tell him something that isn’t included in her application. Of course, while Blair waits for her interview with the dean (Byron Jennings), Serena is already done with hers and emerges in an extreme plunging neckline with the dean wrapped around her finger. But when Blair tells Serena she couldn’t get into Yale even if she tried, Serena decides to ditch her plans and steal Blair’s dream: an invitation to the Dean of Admissions’ private reception. Jude’s, and Blair is ready to trek to Yale and Serena to Brown. Serena then visits Pete’s parents for closure and eventually tells Dan the full truth in Episode 18 of Season 1.Įverything about “Gossip Girl” is always more interesting when Blair and Serena are fighting - and “New Haven Can Wait,” the sixth episode of Season 2, might just be the most heated it gets between the two besties.Ĭollege visit season is upon the students of Constance and St. When Georgina makes her appearance in Season 1, she reveals to Serena that she still has the tape and threatens to tell Dan, who she has started flirting with under the pseudonym Sarah. Serena and Georgina fled the hotel room and Serena called an ambulance, but it was too late, as Pete died before the paramedics got to the hotel. Georgina had plotted to film Serena and Pete having sex and set up a camera - but instead captured Pete’s overdose after doing cocaine. We later find out in flashbacks that after Serena slept with Nate (Chace Crawford) at the Shepherd wedding, she met up with Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) and their friend, Pete Fairman (Elan Moss-Bachrach). In perhaps one of the most shocking cliffhangers of the entire series, Serena tearfully tells Blair in Episode 16 of Season 1, “I killed someone.” Image Credit: Screenshot courtesy HBO Max/The CW When she asks what the date represents, he says, “Well I was accidentally invited to a birthday party where I met a girl, and she only spoke two sentences to me, but I’ve never forgotten her.” In a sweet twist, the story that Vanessa submitted was about the first time Dan saw Serena, titled with the date, “10/08/05.” Later on in the episode, Dan gives Serena the letter as her Christmas present (kind of self-centered, but OK). (FYI, in reality, the New Yorker’s young writers issue is “20 under 40.”) In response, Dan asks, “This can’t be real, is this real?” Yeah, I can’t believe it either. Vanessa explains that she found a story in Dan’s desk and submitted it for him for the iconic magazine’s “20 under 20” fiction issue. In Episode 11 of the first season, Vanessa (Jessica Szhor) gifts Dan with the ultimate Christmas present: getting published in the New Yorker at the ripe, young age of 16. I blame Dan Humphrey for giving me unrealistic expectations as a young writer. Will the “Gossip Girl” continuation live up to the original’s level of soapy twists and turns? Read on to reminisce about the old crew’s mishaps (in chronological order), and then tune in to HBO Max to find out for yourself. Remember when Dan (Penn Badgley) was almost a dad? When Blair (Leighton Meester) and Serena (Blake Lively) got into a physical fight at a Yale admissions reception? When Bart Bass (Robert John Burke) died, came back to life and then died again? Yeah, all of those things - and more - actually happened. The introduction of social media into the “Gossip Girl” universe is sure to stir up countless new, drama-filled storylines, but if you’re finding yourself nostalgic for the flip phone era, this list is for you.īefore the “Gossip Girl” universe reinserts itself into the cultural zeitgeist, Variety is taking a look back at some of the most gasp-worthy, unbelievable and downright ridiculous events to take place on the original “Gossip Girl” series. With HBO Max’s revival of the iconic television series premiering July 8, the world is about to be introduced to a whole new crop of wealthy, self-obsessed teens - only now, they have Instagram. Rumor has it there’s a new Gossip Girl in town, so it’s only fitting that I remind you of your roots. Greetings Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite.
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